Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-05
TAKEN FOR 4 THIEF.
NJ. Roc';r forts Account of Trip to
Luutioa--;Ie He'd His Revenge.

NJ. Roc,;, forts Account of Trip to
LuuLoa--.Ie He'd His Revenge.
N. Rochcfort gives the Parisians very
pleasant account OF how he was taken for
a thief or his recent trip TO London. Il
had. = he writes, left BouI9gnc to pass
few hours il the bosom Of tn2t Albion so
famous for her perlidy. [ took 10 yaise,
net even i night SHIRT, Us / intended TO re-
turn the same eVening. However the sea
passage was 50 trying and the train
reached London so late that l couldn't
think OF making & second passa ge that
night | therefore went to PantoE's no
tel. in Panton street, where l stayed for
merry and whose owner ! knew. I en-
tered deliberately, without thinking Of
the effect my travel stained false collar
and cuffs would produce on the people of
the house. The landlord i had known
had sold out several years before, and the
Walters, on seeing q man so i'll brushed
and luggagcless enter the dining room,
began TO look at one another very mis-
trustfully. I asked for q room and was
told there was no room. asked for & bit
Of roast beef and was told there was moth
ing to cat in the house. | mentioned the
name Of the former landlord, but that did
TO take nc IL and do for rne only Oh con-
dition Of my paying beforehand.
at once submitted 10 those terms, and
when the employees saw the contents of
my purse they cast looks at each other
which plainly said-'He has made 4 big
haul in Paris and escaped without chang
ing his dress The dinner was cruel
one, though paid fer beforehand, and
every time tho waiter brought uleaa dish,
for which l had TO wait an unreasonable
time, lie gave me look which said as
plain IS words could have spoken it
Perhaps they will come and arrest him
before the dessert, and that viii be SO
much gained. ! damaged my case ut
terly by asking for the Paris papers.
Evidently it wCS to see whether the police
were on nay track. The butler, the por
ter and the do0rkeeper were standing be-
hind NE, rs if in expectation CT an extra
dition order. a paragraph having made
me laugh, they made signs to each other
which plainly meant, He sees they have
lost the scent and he can't restrain his
joy My meal ended ! asked one Of the
women TO GO and bay me a couple Of
clean shirts, but she refused to become an
accessory TO my crime after the fact by
helping ne TO destroy my identity. How
ever, she consented to lend me o brush
II had r. revenge. l wrote to an Irish
member Of parliament telegram signed
with Ily own name, and informing him
that was in London. That produced the
effect Of q thunderb0lt, members of parlia-
mcnt being taken more seriously by the
English than by us. When the NJ P.
came, about 10 p. II, to take me to the
house III his cab, the waiter. ashamed of
the mistake be had made, hid Lis head in
a saucepan. 1t was agreed that my friend
and l should come back and have supper
al a. IN, and the unhappy waiter came
out Of his saucepan to sketch for us the
richest possible menu. 'That'u do said
|; give us good supper but, you know,
/ absolutely insist on raying for it before
hand The waiter, hunblod to the dust,
pleaded eEtcnuating circumstances, and
said TO the II. p: I assure You, sir. we
never took your friend for a murderer.
We merely thought that lie had robbed a
bank, that's all. '''-Hcme Journal.